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| -rw-r--r-- | README.md | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/grab.1 | 6 |
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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ $ ./make --no-pcre ## Description -Grab invokations must include a pattern string which specifies which text +Grab invocations must include a pattern string which specifies which text to match. A pattern string consists of one or more commands. A command is an operator followed by a delimiter, a regular expression (regex), and then terminated by the same delimiter. The last delimiter of the last @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ supports Perl-compatible regular expressions however it is possible to build and install .Nm without support for PCREs. -When build without PCRE support, +When built without PCRE support, POSIX extended-regular-expressions are used instead. .Pp You should always assume that PCRE support is available, @@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ terminates unsuccessfully when using the .Fl U option. .Ss Pattern Syntax -A pattern is a sequences of commands optionally separated by whitespace. +A pattern is a sequence of commands optionally separated by whitespace. A command is an operator followed by a delimiter, a regular expression, and then terminated by the same delimiter. The last command of a pattern need not have a terminating delimiter. @@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ When PCRE support is available and the option is provided, the regular expression .Ql [^a] -will nontheless match the newline character. +will nonetheless match the newline character. When PCRE support is not available and the .Fl n option is provided, |